Meanings
- not comparableNot affiliated, not associated.
But politically correct universities and colleges, overrun by SJW liberals and angry geeds (read uninitiated and unaffiliated members of the university who have no wish to join Greek life or support it whatsoever) want to destroy the Greek system.
2012, Edward Masters, In Defense of Fraternity and Political Freedom, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 21 more example
This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter.
2023 May 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unaffiliate
plural unaffiliateds
- A person or organization having no affiliation.
Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.
1968, Progressive Grocer's Marketing Guidebook, page 131 more example
These unaffiliated (or independent) directors are, supposedly, the purifying factor against the contamination of the Managing Group's duality. The unaffiliateds are, in short, the Fund's watchdogs.
1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Mutual Fund Legislation of 1967: Hearings, page 706
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot affiliated
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishaffiliate
- Englishunaffiliated
Cite this entry
unaffiliated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffiliated
“unaffiliated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffiliated. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unaffiliated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffiliated.
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